F19 alpha and VirtualBox

[Michael Cronenworth]

On 04/18/2013 01:49 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>
> I cannot run any application, including anaconda. Perhaps if I let it
> sit overnight anaconda might display, but then I'd have to wait a week
> for it to install at this pace.
>
> I managed to get SSH running by starting in "3" and then switching to
> "5". The process doing all the nothing is the loop device. The host
> system is reporting very small I/O through iotop. Roughly 200kbyte/sec
> reads of the ISO file every couple of seconds. I have tried switching
> the CD device from IDE to SATA to no avail.

The problem is RAM.

I allocated 1 GB of RAM as my usual amount for any new VM. This works 
until X is started then it is bumping the 1GB limit. Any new app that is 
started is being OOM killed. Just sitting at a Gnome desktop consumes 
950MB. I'm not happy about this increase in usage, but I'll save the 
complaining for another thread.

After bumping the RAM to 2GB I can get things rolling. The VM is still 
very slow, but the UI responds within about a minute after clicking on 
widgets. Anaconda is using about 500MB by itself, so 2GB may not be 
enough if this trend continues.